Making Up Toons?

"CG_Tusken_Meathead;c-2359684" wrote:


Not just company, but imagine being a designer and being asked, "Hey do you wanna create a new Star Wars Character?"

I don't know too many people in this forum, who as proclaimed Star Wars fans, wouldn't jump at that opportunity.

I'm sure some folks here, myself included, have made up our own SW characters, either in our head or on paper.

Personally, I think it's pretty cool.

Very few people can proclaim they've made a Star Wars character.

Absolutely it is a cool assignment to be given and were I in your shoes, or whomever developed this character's shoes, I would have been stoked to do it as well.

However, I'm not in said shoes. When you guys release video game toons that I've never heard of, I don't care because I see so many people get excited for them and pumped about them. It is awesome to see my internet friends get so much joy from things like that. When Revan came, it was unbelievable, and I had no clue who Revan was. Mara Jade was the opposite for me; I was super pumped to see her come to the game (actually got me to keep playing versus quit altogether) and saw others saying "who?". But they were excited because others were excited.

When I read the kit for this new droid I was very intrigued. Looks like a great toon, but I'm not sure exactly where it will fit in yet obviously. It is a cool design and a cool kit. Kudos to the team, seriously.

I'm just saying, when toons like Hondo, Saw, Darth Bane, even Jar-Jar and Sebulba... when these toons aren't in the game yet and you are making new toons out of thin air it just doesn't seem to get me excited for this toon. Thank you for your response though, appreciate that.

Oh, one other thing... those Malgus packs... can we get an explanation on when/what those actually are so we can plan accordingly? The cat is out of the bag. Can you do us a solid?

"LordDirt;c-2359706" wrote:
Hope you guys had the same outrage when the Geonosian Brood Alpha was introduced.

I had no clue GBA was like this too. Are there more?

"KvotheQGBQG2;c-2359849" wrote:

"LordDirt;c-2359706" wrote:
Hope you guys had the same outrage when the Geonosian Brood Alpha was introduced.

I had no clue GBA was like this too. Are there more?

I thought she was the queen that was seen in TV series "Rebels"

"zatho;c-2359850" wrote:

"KvotheQGBQG2;c-2359849" wrote:

"LordDirt;c-2359706" wrote:
Hope you guys had the same outrage when the Geonosian Brood Alpha was introduced.

I had no clue GBA was like this too. Are there more?

I thought she was the queen that was seen in TV series "Rebels"

I thought so too, but apparently not according to the Wiki

"zatho;c-2359850" wrote:

"KvotheQGBQG2;c-2359849" wrote:

"LordDirt;c-2359706" wrote:
Hope you guys had the same outrage when the Geonosian Brood Alpha was introduced.

I had no clue GBA was like this too. Are there more?

I thought she was the queen that was seen in TV series "Rebels"

Yep. Dirt is correct. Totally made up toon.

https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/206315/developer-intentions-geonosian-brood-alpha

"KvotheQGBQG2;c-2359852" wrote:

"zatho;c-2359850" wrote:

"KvotheQGBQG2;c-2359849" wrote:

"LordDirt;c-2359706" wrote:
Hope you guys had the same outrage when the Geonosian Brood Alpha was introduced.

I had no clue GBA was like this too. Are there more?

I thought she was the queen that was seen in TV series "Rebels"

I thought so too, but apparently not according to the Wiki

Thanks for pointing that out. Totally got it wrong. That also explained why some texts refer to "him", in spite of the ability called after the queen.

After so many years, devs wanted to create their own character .. I somehow feel bad for them to not create it earlier. "Scoundrel" Capitalist gambler would be fun ;)
As much as I want to see characters I love, I think it's good for them to create something of their own inside the game they made.
Tons of games have their own "collaboration" characters. Nothing new and nothing bad with this. :)

"Gurken;c-2359723" wrote:

"CG_Tusken_Meathead;c-2359684" wrote:

"Ultra;c-2359663" wrote:

"KvotheQGBQG2;d-255977" wrote:
I'm really confused by this new toon. Why are you creating characters when there are so many the player base has been asking for? Hondo? Saw? Ruhk? This is really silly, you all.

Also, why did you remove the Malgus packs from the post? Didn't think we would notice? LOL :disappointed:

What game company wouldn't jump on the opportunity on creating their own toon?

Not just company, but imagine being a designer and being asked, "Hey do you wanna create a new Star Wars Character?"

I don't know too many people in this forum, who as proclaimed Star Wars fans, wouldn't jump at that opportunity.

I'm sure some folks here, myself included, have made up our own SW characters, either in our head or on paper.

Personally, I think it's pretty cool.

Very few people can proclaim they've made a Star Wars character.

A great thing CG could do to have some interaction with it's player base is have a raffle to let a fan work with the dev team to design a character. Either original or just design a kit for a favorite who might not be in the game yet

Invest enough money into the main company and I’m sure they’ll listen to the large shareholders input.

"CG_Tusken_Meathead;c-2359684" wrote:

"Ultra;c-2359663" wrote:

"KvotheQGBQG2;d-255977" wrote:
I'm really confused by this new toon. Why are you creating characters when there are so many the player base has been asking for? Hondo? Saw? Ruhk? This is really silly, you all.

Also, why did you remove the Malgus packs from the post? Didn't think we would notice? LOL :disappointed:

What game company wouldn't jump on the opportunity on creating their own toon?

Not just company, but imagine being a designer and being asked, "Hey do you wanna create a new Star Wars Character?"

I don't know too many people in this forum, who as proclaimed Star Wars fans, wouldn't jump at that opportunity.

I'm sure some folks here, myself included, have made up our own SW characters, either in our head or on paper.

Personally, I think it's pretty cool.

Very few people can proclaim they've made a Star Wars character.

I for one, may be ever so slightly jealous because I’ve always wanted to create my own character for a lot of different things I like, Star Wars included. Suffice to say, I can say with certainty in my case, it’s never going to happen, and will stay a dream.

"zatho;c-2359809" wrote:

"CG_Tusken_Meathead;c-2359705" wrote:

"Monel;c-2359701" wrote:

"CG_Tusken_Meathead;c-2359684" wrote:

"Ultra;c-2359663" wrote:

"KvotheQGBQG2;d-255977" wrote:
I'm really confused by this new toon. Why are you creating characters when there are so many the player base has been asking for? Hondo? Saw? Ruhk? This is really silly, you all.

Also, why did you remove the Malgus packs from the post? Didn't think we would notice? LOL :disappointed:

What game company wouldn't jump on the opportunity on creating their own toon?

Not just company, but imagine being a designer and being asked, "Hey do you wanna create a new Star Wars Character?"

I don't know too many people in this forum, who as proclaimed Star Wars fans, wouldn't jump at that opportunity.

I'm sure some folks here, myself included, have made up our own SW characters, either in our head or on paper.

Personally, I think it's pretty cool.

Very few people can proclaim they've made a Star Wars character.

100% agree with everything you just said. However, you being excited about a character you created and someone else being excited about it are 2 different things. Some random droid that doesn't have any connection to the larger storyline is just meh to me as a fan of Star Wars. Maybe if I was a fan Derrick the designer I'd be more excited.

MSF did this with Kestrel and Deathpool and hit a home run(s) imo. Kestrel not so much because of the story but because she just flat out dominated the game. Deathpool actually was given an interesting story AND was a top notch character.

Oh, I'm not saying you have to be happy about it, some people will be happy, some wont.

Just been seeing a lot of people making comments as to, "Why would you do this?" which is just silly if you ask me haha

On a personal level of course it is great for the employee who got his wish come true. On a global level it shows how less Capital Games cares about the desires and demands of their customers.
They could bring Hondo Onaka and many people would love to spend money on him. Instead they create something that nobody asked for and will try to monetize it by making this new toon a dull requirement for future feats.

And complaining that hondo is underwhelming after few days?